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61455

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Borders: Personal Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made in introducing universal exit checks; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	200301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is committed to reintroducing exit checks. By April 2015, comprehensive exit checks will apply on scheduled and commercial air, sea and rail routes. <br><br>We have recently introduced new powers in the Immigration Act 2014 to support embarkation checks at the border, and we continue to work with carriers and port operators to explore the least burdensome way of delivering the exit checks commitment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 19/06/2014 15:38:21 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

90729

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she and Ministers in her Department have had with Ministers in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the proposed reform of apprenticeships; what effect those discussions will have on her Department's projects and the work of their supply chain; and whether officials in her Department sit on programme boards managing the reform.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	208212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Home Office Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public <br>and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. <br><br>Details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations and individuals are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are subsequently <br>published on the Cabinet Office website which is available here: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministers-meetings-with-external-organisations-jul-sep-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministers-meetings-with-external-organisations-jul-sep-2013</a><br><br>The Home Office does not currently have officials sitting on programme boards managing the reform of apprenticeships.</p><p /> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/09/2014 11:23:53 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

61755

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parliamentary questions tabled to her Department in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	200593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>Seven questions did not receive a substantive reply by the time of prorogation 2014.</p><p>The tabling date for these questions, are listed below:</p><p>09 April - 2014</p><p>08 May - 2014</p><p>26 March - 2014</p><p>24 March - 2014</p><p>02 May - 2014</p><p>02 May - 2014</p><p>09 May - 2014</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 17/06/2014 16:48:57 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

50093

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place a copy of the Beloff Review on UK asset recovery in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Anas Sarwar
	uin	198036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Internal Government advice is not published and therefore we do not intend to <br>place a copy of Mr Beloff QC's opinion in the Library. The Government's Serious <br>and Organised Crime Strategy sets out how we will amend our legal powers to <br>make it harder for criminals to move, hide and use the proceeds of crime.This <br>has been informed by legal opinion on, and lessons learned from, the work of <br>the Arab Spring Asset Recovery Task Force.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9416 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3981 label Biography information for Anas Sarwar

64372

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Red incidents and (b) Amber incidents have occurred at each Immigration Removal Centre in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
	uin	202822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Incidents in the detention estate are reported in accordance with Detention <br>Services Order (DSO) 12/2008. Incidents are classified according to their <br>seriousness as red, amber or green. <br><br>Examples of the types of red or amber incidents are given in the DSO. Red <br>incidents are generally those relating to serious disturbances and/or fires <br>within a centre. Amber incidents may be those involving threats to the centre, <br>external demonstrations, or co-ordinated food or fluid refusal. <br><br>This data has been collected by different business areas in the Home Office <br>over the data period requested and has not been collated centrally. <br><br>Management information is only available for the period 01 July 2013 - 9 March <br>2014 in the following table and is in line with the data period for published <br>statistics.<br><br>This data is management information collected and collated from Immigration <br>Removal Centre suppliers. This information does not form part of published <br>statistics and is not subject to the detailed checks that apply for National <br>Statistics publications. It is provisional and subject to change.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table showing incidents in immigration removal centres for the period 01 July 2013 – 9 March 2014 by status.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>IRC</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Red Incidents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amber Incidents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total of Incidents</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Brook House</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p><strong>61</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Campsfield</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Colnbrook</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p><strong>113</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dover</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p><strong>40</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dungavel</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Harmondsworth</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p><strong>145</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Haslar</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Morton Hall</strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p><strong>35</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Tinsley House</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yarlswood</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p><strong>110</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>528</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>541</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 13:04:21 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

64371

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Immigration Removal Centre detainees have (a) escaped from detention, (b) escaped whilst being escorted and (c) attempted to escape each IRC in the last four years; and how many such people are still at large.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
	uin	202821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Escapes from immigration removal centres and while under escort are a subset of <br>published statistics. The following table shows absconds for the financial <br>years 2010/11-2013/14. <br><br>Information on attempted escapes is not held centrally and could only be <br>provided by examination of individual records at disproportionate cost. <br><br>Eleven of those individuals recorded as escaped 2010/11-2013/14 have not been <br>located. <br><br>The police are informed immediately when a detainee has escaped and the <br>individual's details are recorded on the Police National Computer should the <br>individual be apprehended at a later date.</p><p> </p><p><strong>People leaving detention by place of last detention, absconded 2010/11-2013/14 (financial year) </strong><strong>(1)(2)</strong><strong>. </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Absconded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/2011</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Absconded from centre</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Absconded from escorts</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/2012</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Absconded from centre</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Absconded from escorts</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/2013</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Absconded from centre</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Absconded from escorts</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/2014</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Absconded from centre</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Absconded from escorts</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(1) Data from 2011/12 onwards are provisional.</p><p> </p><p>(2) Total detainees are those detained in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers and exclude those in police cells, Prison Service establishments, short term holding rooms at ports and airports (for less than 24 hours), and those recorded as detained under both criminal and immigration powers and their dependants.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 13:02:49 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

64370

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the Gold Suite has been opened at each Immigration Removal Centre in England and Wales in the last year; and what the nature was of each incident that caused it to be opened.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
	uin	202820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office command suite structure for the management of serious <br />incidents is based on the model operated by the Prison Service. Silver Command <br />Suites are opened in the establishment where the incident occurred. <br /><br />A Gold Command Suite is opened in Prison Service Headquarters for incidents <br />where the Home Office requests mutual assistance from the Prison Service and is <br />attended by a Home Office senior manager.<br /><br />Any other serious incident, which does not require mutual assistance but <br />requires ongoing management, is dealt with by opening a Gold Command Suite at <br />Detention Operations headquarters.<br /><br />The number of times Silver Suites have been opened in the past year in <br />immigration removal centres is detailed in the table below for January 2013<br />to March 2014 and is provided in line with the data periods for published statistics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/07/2014 13:19:52 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name Table of IRC Silver Suite Opening.doc title Table of IRC Silver Suite Opening
	tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

64367

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times an escaped person has been categorised as a high harm person and the senior management team believe there is a high risk of reputational damage to the Home Office as set out in the Home Office Guidance on Escaped Detainees at immigration removal centres in the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
	uin	202824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office does not routinely categorise immigration detainees against a <br>scale of harm. They are instead subject to individual risk assessment linked <br>to their suitability for placement in an immigration removal centre (IRC) which is <br>based on a number of different factors. <br><br>Where an escape or attempted escape from an IRC takes place, Criminal and <br>Financial Investigation (CFI) immigration specialist teams will assist in the <br>investigation where the individual is assessed to be a ‘high harm' person, or <br>where the senior management team believe there is a high risk of reputational <br>damage to the Home Office.<br><br>In the last four years the CFI team has conducted two investigations relating <br>to escapes of individuals from escort who were assessed to fit the <br>investigation criteria. There have not been any cases of escapes from an IRC <br>which have warranted the involvement of the CFI.<br><br>This data is management information and does not form part of published <br>statistics and is not subject to the detailed checks that apply for National <br>Statistics publications. It is provisional and subject to change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 13:05:39 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

77433

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many awaydays her Department has held for officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost was of each such event.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	205295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Home Department does not hold centralised information on the number and <br>cost of awaydays held for officials so this question could only be answered at <br>disproportionate cost.<br><br>At the start of this parliament, Home Office civil servants were issued <br>guidance making clear that awaydays and staff events should be held on official <br>premises where possible.</p><p /> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/07/2014 16:59:07 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77430

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on refurbishing (a) gymnasium and leisure facilities, (b) cafeteria and (c) interior decoration in (i) her Department and (ii) buildings owned by her Department in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	205358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has not spent any money on gymnasium and leisure facilities in 2013 or 2014. In addition to essential repair and maintenance £30,552 was spent on refurbishing cafeteria or restaurant facilities in 2013 and £30,984 in 2014 for several purposes including improvements to accessibility,making them safer to use and providing a better range of products or service. At 2 Marsham Street the cost of refurbishment of the cafes in 2012/13 was met by the PFI service provider under the terms of the Project Agreement. The total costs of interior decoration across the estate, whether carried out separately or as part of other works, is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 15:42:31 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter